Rahul Bedi

2 weeks ago | thewire.in | Rahul Bedi

security The defence minister delivered a low-impact speech at the bi-annual high-stakes Indian Army commanders meet, which could best be likened to an event where the fire chief was telling his force to be always ready to fight a fire. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets commanders during the Army Commanders' Conference in New Delhi.

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Rahul Bedi

A significant proportion of Indian police personnel have justified the summary executions of dangerous criminals, the custodial torture of suspects and the intimidation of local populations to enforce order, according to a survey by three prominent local non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

3 weeks ago | tribuneindia.com | Rahul Bedi |Rahul BediUpdated

Two generations have reached adulthood since the anti-Sikh pogrom, executed largely by loyalists of the then ruling Congress, following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984. In the intervening 40 years, innumerable books, documentaries and other writings have detailed this massacre, which persisted unchecked for 72 hours till Gandhi’s cremation three days later on November 3.

1 month ago | thewire.in | Rahul Bedi

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1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Rahul Bedi

After almost two centuries of providing critical logistic backup to soldiers in forbidding and desolate terrain, including in the two World Wars, the Indian army’s mule trains are being retired and replaced with artificial intelligence-enabled robots, as part of the military’s modernisation.